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Lewis Shepherd

CTO for VMware Federal Solutions, Broadcom

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2025 Sees Inflection Point for Government: A Shift to Private Cloud

Governments are reaching a new inflection point that favors private cloud adoption. That is the clear conclusion of a just-released, in-depth global survey of 1,800 senior government and private sector IT leaders conducted by Illuminas, in partnership with Broadcom.  The report, Private Cloud Outlook 2025: The Cloud Reset, reveals that government IT leaders no longer […]

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Meeting the Moment: Private Cloud, Cybersecurity, and Federal IT Modernization

Global organizations are under relentless pressure from increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. The number of enterprises reporting an increase in cyberthreats has risen 97 percent since 2022 alone. U.S. governmental agencies are not immune. Indeed, they are a primary target.  And now, with federal IT modernization a mandate, a modern private cloud platform is a secure solution […]

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Private Cloud vs. Public Cloud in Federal IT Modernization

For all the agencies across the federal government, IT modernization is more than a goal.  It is an imperative. For the past decade, the focus of IT modernization has centered around public cloud. Now, with agencies looking to be cost-effective while optimizing for emerging technologies like AI, they are reassessing how they view cloud: Rather […]

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How Wisconsin Embraced Privacy and Pragmatism in its AI Pursuit

Across the country, state legislators are beginning conversations about how AI, and specifically generative AI, can help state agencies better serve their residents. Amid a national environment of shrinking state budgets and growing demand for technologically advanced workers, AI promises new solutions for state governments to help address these issues. But with these AI opportunities […]

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Situational Awareness at the Tactical Edge: How Private AI is Driving Defense AI Innovation

Once opposing forces engage in conflict, strategy gives way to the unexpected, the unplanned, the confusion that is the fog of war. Today’s modern forces that command the most complete situational awareness of the battlefield at the tactical edge almost always win the day.  Tremendous tactical advantages can be gained from a form of edge […]

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The Promise and Pitfalls of Generative AI for Legislative Analysis

Generative AI’s (GenAI) prodigious abilities could soon revolutionize how federal and state government executive and legislative branch offices interpret bills and regulations, analyze legislative conflicts, and uncover opportunities for new policy initiatives. Policy documents, especially legislation and regulations, can be hundreds or even thousands of pages long, filled with complex legal language as well as […]